But I have issue with this bill, which is to take effect July 1, in that it fails to cover agreements before this date. An example is Hemlock Semiconductor Group, which was given $245 million in state incentives and still has access to $280 million in tax write-offs and $150 million in state authorized bonds, even though the jobs they promised for the Clarksville area ended in quick layoffs.

Why should they still have access to hundreds of millions of state dollars when they failed to make good on their promises?

I feel the state should insist that all funds immediately be shut off to companies that fail and not just those after July 1, 2013. Our state's economy is bad enough; why keep throwing money away to under-achieving businesses?